Effective mid-2025, Bonnie Fernandez-Fenaroli will step down from her position as executive director of the Center for Produce Safety.
Fernandez-Fenaroli has led the organization for 16 years. During her tenure, the center has invested more than $46 million to fund produce food safety research. The research has been used by
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The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is launching 14 new research projects totaling more than $3.3 million to address critical food safety challenges in the fresh produce industry.
The projects, which are set to begin in January 2025, are led by investigators from eight states in the U.S. and Mexico.
Continue Reading CPS launches $3.3 million in research projects to tackle critical food safety issues
ATLANTA, GA — Tuesday kicked off day one of the Center for Produce Safety’s (CPS) 2023 Research Symposium. This year’s symposium is being held at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead, GA.
This is the Center for Produce Safety’s 14th Annual Research Symposium.
The two-day event features discussions and presentations
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Registration is now open for the 2023 CPS Research Symposium, which will take place from June 20-21 at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead, GA.
This is the Center for Produce Safety’s 14th Annual Research Symposium.
The two-day event will feature discussions and presentations on the latest
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By Bonnie Fernandez-Fenaroli
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) was formed as a public-private partnership, inviting all produce safety stakeholders – industry, research institutions, and regulatory and public health agencies – to engage with each other to fund science, find solutions and fuel change in fresh produce food
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Research funded by the Center for Produce Safety is looking for a cost-effective method to detect Cyclospora in irrigation water, including a paper-based in-field water test.
The project seeks to use short strands of synthesized DNA, or aptamers, to bind to the target of interest — in this case, Cyclospora’s
Continue Reading Project looks for cost-effective ways to monitor Cyclospora in agricultural water
Teresa Bergholz and Jade Mitchell, both Ph.D.’s with Michigan State University (MSU), hope to characterize the changes that E. coli O157:H7 goes through on romaine lettuce during post-harvest cold storage.
Their project is titled “Quantifying risk associated with changes in EHEC physiology during post-harvest pre-processing stages of leafy green production.”
Continue Reading Project examines E. coli’s viability during romaine post-harvest cooling
In an effort to help answer the fresh produce industry’s most urgent food safety questions, the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is funding 14 new research projects, valued at more than $3.9 million.
These 14 new projects are aimed at answering industry questions about leafy greens production in controlled environments
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The Center for Produce Safety has awarded funding to researcher Paul Dawson, Ph.D., with Clemson University, to examine the potential pathogen contamination risks from dry surfaces in packinghouses, something few studies have looked at.
Dawson chose to examine the survival of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella on dry surfaces in lab-simulated peach packinghouses.
Continue Reading Researchers study dry surface risks in packinghouses
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is requesting 2023 proposals on food safety research.
Pre-proposals must be received via email to the Center for Produce Safety by noon PDT on Nov. 9.
The CPS strongly encourages research scientists to take advantage of the Office Hours program, Oct. 3 – 14
Continue Reading Center for Produce Safety calls for preliminary research proposals